A full glass of juice is a mixture of 20% grape juice and 80% apple juice. The contents of the glass are poured into a pitcher that is 200 percent larger than the glass. The remainder of the pitcher is filled with 16 ounces of water. What was the original volume of grape juice in the mixture?

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1.6 ounce

Correct

3.2 ounce

4.8 ounce

6.4 ounce

8 ounce

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What this question tests

Your ability to reason about weighted averages and the composition of mixtures.

Averaging the percentages of two solutions without weighting by their volumes.